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Riot are back with Immortal Soul! Army Of One was 2006, now late 2011 it's time for Immortal Soul - and Tony Moore is back on the mic.
They kick off with Riot, a folk-ish opening leads into a very fast, guitar-driven track with high-pitched vocals. Guitar master Mark Reale and his counterpart Mike Flyntz give a lesson right from the start. Still Your Man offers some fast licks, but is a little slower then the opener and shows once more that Tony Moore's vocal style, melody lines are unique. Even if at this one there is a hint of Thin Lizzy - at least for a moment. The song has a catchy edge... For Crawling they slow down, the mid-paced rocker is spiced up with Oriental elements. Actually I would have like to hear more mid-paced stuff, but well... Some might know Wings Are For Angels as prior the release they offered some stuff from the recording session on their YouTube channel. Anyway, it's another fast track with double-bass drumming and fast heavy riffs. But also with speed changes, a memorable vocal line and some crazy guitar leads. For Fall Before Me they slow down once more and this is the closest they get to a ballad! A quite typical Riot tune is Sins Of My Father, another guitar-driven up-tempo track. While in many cases fast tunes lead into monotonous vocals Tony Moore is able to add some memorable lines. The short instrumental Majestica gives the listener a short break before they head into the title track Immortal Soul. Another mid-paced tune with a catchy vocal line, not overly catchy... But a metal hymn which needs a little time to grow on you. Insanity can't keep the level, a nice tune but... Memorable riffs lead you into Whiskey Man. Believe and Echoes show interesting passages, not bad... But somehow they lack something... Anyway, Immortal Soul is a great album, not another classic in the Riot discography, but worth listening to!
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